The volcanic eruption that ravaged Pompeii in year 79 is one of the most famous in history. It is known how its victims died, but how did they live? A new insight into the lives of the people who lived in the shadow of Mount Vesuvius before its cataclysmic eruption.

William Friedkin attends an exorcism with Father Gabriele Amorth, as he treats an Italian woman name...

The story is set at the beginning of the 20th century in Sicily. Salvatore, a very poor farmer, and ...

In 26 AD, Judah Ben-Hur, a Jew in ancient Judea, opposes the occupying Roman empire. Falsely accuse...

It's a condition known as "hypertrichosis" or "Ambras Syndrome," but in the 1500s it would transform...

Two thousand years ago, at the dawn of the first century, the ancient world was ruled by Rome. Throu...

A 17th-century nun becomes entangled in a forbidden lesbian affair with a novice. But it is Benedett...

Disciplined Italian composer Antonio Salieri becomes consumed by jealousy and resentment towards the...

The epic tale of a class struggle in twentieth century Italy, as seen through the eyes of two childh...

When Patrizia Reggiani, an outsider from humble beginnings, marries into the Gucci family, her unbri...

A falsely accused nobleman survives years of slavery to take vengeance on his best friend who betray...

In the small mountain town of Barga, Italy, a group of four filmmakers speak with local cat lovers a...

More than 2.000 years ago, Narbonne in today's Département Aude was the capital of a huge Roman prov...

The countryside around the Po delta is dotted with abandoned houses and farmhouses. The landscape ap...

A biopic of Napoleon Bonaparte, tracing the Corsican's career from his schooldays (where a snowball ...

A Roman soldier becomes torn between his love for a Christian woman and his loyalty to Emperor Nero.

Leonardo da Vinci finds it difficult to pursue his own dreams while serving as the Duke's court arti...

On the morning of 10 March 2020 all Italians woke up in quarantine. Io Resto a Casa ("I Stay Home") ...

World-renowned director Martin Scorsese narrates this journey through his favorites in Italian cinem...

After the 1815 Restoration, an aging revolutionary finds himself reluctantly involved in an attempte...